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Previous ICR	201905-0960-004

Federal Register Notices

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SSA uses Forms SSA-7161-OCR-SM and SSA 7162-OCR-SM to: (1) determine continuing entitlement to Social Security benefits; (2) correct benefit amounts for beneficiaries outside the United States; and (3) monitor the performance of representative payees outside the United States. This collection is mandatory as an annual (or every other year, depending on the country of residence) review for fraud prevention. In addition, the results can affect benefits by increasing or decreasing payment amount or by causing SSA to suspend or terminate benefits. SSA employees collect this information via paper form. The respondents are individuals living outside the United States who are receiving benefits on their own (or on behalf of someone else) under Title II of the Act.

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Previous ICR	202402-0581-001

Federal Register Notices

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Federal Milk Order Programs, Regulations require milk handlers to report in detail the receipt and utilization of milk and milk products handled at each of their plants that are regulated by a Federal Order. The data are needed to administer the classified pricing system and related requirements of each Federal Order.

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Previous ICR	202401-3133-004

Federal Register Notices

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The Federal Credit Union (FCU) Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1752) established the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) as an independent agency, in control of regulating and supervising federal credit unions, and administering the National Credit Union Shared Insurance Fund (NCUSIF). This mission requires coordination and collaboration with credit unions, other federal agencies and consumers to provide a safe and sound credit union system. As part of its collaboration efforts, the NCUA receives requests annually for NCUA leadership and staff to participate in speaking engagements at various events. This digital collection of information is necessary to ensure an efficient and timely process to schedule outreach and engagement with NCUA stakeholders. This information may be disclosed as generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 522.

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Previous ICR	202507-0970-003

Federal Register Notices

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This request is to establish a new umbrella generic clearance for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to request information from potential participants at ACF gatherings, such as meetings or conferences. This may include large scale conferences, meetings for grantees or contractors, workshops, trainings, poster sessions, and other in-person and virtual gatherings for individuals with interest in ACF programs (clients, researchers, policymakers, etc.), among others. To ensure ACF has adequate information to plan these activities, the Agency must often collect information from potential participants such as basic contact information, preferences for attendance (mode, special requests, etc.), organizational affiliation, feedback about meeting content, etc. Additionally, some activities require ACF to have additional information to have the means to select the most appropriate participants for attendance according to the type or purpose of a given activity, or to group participants into the most appropriate category or activity during an event. This may include information about poster presentations, speaking panels, training courses, professional perspectives or experiences, etc. In addition, attendees may be asked to submit an application or abstract for prescreening to be selected for attendance. The planning for meetings is most often on a quick timeline and the standard timeline to comply with a full request under the Paperwork Reduction Act would inhibit the ability to collect information to inform these activities. Therefore, an umbrella generic is necessary to allow for quick turnaround requests for similar information collections related to these activities. As part of this generic, ACF requests OMB provide a response on individual generic information collections within 5 business days. If no response is received and the request meets the purposes, uses and scope outlined in this document, ACF may move forward with the proposed information collection.

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Previous ICR	202206-2050-002

Federal Register Notices

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This ICR covers the collection of information from those organizations that receive cooperative agreements, contracts, and Targeted Brownfields Assessment (TBA) funds from EPA under the authority of the section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended by the Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development (BUILD) Act (Pub.L. 115-141). CERCLA 104(k), as amended, authorizes EPA to award grants or cooperative agreements and contract funding to states, tribes, local governments, other eligible entities, and nonprofit organizations to support the assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites. Under section 101(39) of CERCLA, a brownfields site means real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Cooperative agreement recipients (recipients) have general reporting and record keeping requirements as a condition of their cooperative agreement that result in burden. A portion of this reporting and record keeping burden is authorized under 2 CFR Part 1500 and identified in the EPAs general grants ICR (OMB Control Number 2030-0020). EPA requires Brownfields program recipients to maintain and report additional information to EPA on the uses and accomplishments associated with funded brownfields activities. EPA has expanded programmatic reporting requirements to include TBA contractors and technical assistance contractors. EPA will use several forms to assist recipients and contractors in reporting the information and to ensure consistency of the information collected. EPA uses this information to meet Federal stewardship responsibilities to manage and track how program funds are being spent, to evaluate the performance of the Brownfields Cleanup and Land Revitalization Program, to meet the Agency's reporting requirements under the Government Performance and Results Act, and to report to Congress and other program stakeholders on the status and accomplishments of the program.

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Previous ICR	202109-1105-001

Federal Register Notices

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This form is utilized by those persons making a claim against the United States Government under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

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Previous ICR	202503-0970-012

Federal Register Notices

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The John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (42 U.S.C. 677, as amended by Pub. L. 115–123, the Family First Prevention Services Act within Division E, Title VII of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018) requires State child welfare agencies to collect and report to the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) data on the characteristics of youth receiving independent living services and information regarding their outcomes. The regulation implementing the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD), listed in 45 CFR 1356.80, contains standard data collection and reporting requirements for States to meet the law’s requirements. ACF uses the information collected under the regulation to track independent living services, assess the collective outcomes of youth, and assess performance with regard to those outcomes, consistent with the law’s mandate. There are two information collection instruments associated with this request: the Data File and the Youth Outcome Survey. Since approval in July 2025, a few miscalculations have been identified. This request is meant to correct those errors.

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Previous ICR	202301-0930-003

Federal Register Notices

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This Fast Track Generic collection of information is necessary to enable SAMHSA to garner customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with our commitment to improving service delivery. The information collected from our customers and stakeholders will help ensure that users have an effective, efficient, and satisfying experience with SAMHSA programs.

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Previous ICR	202212-1210-004

Federal Register Notices

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PTE 77-4, which was originally granted on April 8, 1977, exempts from the prohibited transaction restrictions the purchase and sale by an employee benefit plan of shares from a registered, open-end investment company (mutual fund) when a fiduciary of the plan (e.g., an investment manager) is also the investment advisor for the investment company. There are three disclosure requirements incorporated within the class exemption. The first requirement is intended to put the plan on notice of possible fees associated with the redemption of open-end mutual fund shares. It requires disclosure of any redemption fees in the current prospectus of the open-end mutual fund (the prospectus in effect at the time of the plan’s acquisition or disposal of such shares). The class exemption permits a plan to pay a redemption fee on the sale, by redemption, of open-end mutual fund shares only if the fee is paid to the open-end mutual company and the above noted disclosure is made. The second requirement is that, at the time of the purchase or sale of such mutual fund shares, an independent fiduciary receive a copy of the current prospectus issued by the open-end mutual fund and full written disclosure of the investment advisory fees charged to or paid by the plan and the open-end mutual fund to the investment advisor. Pursuant to advisory opinion 2013-04A, the Department interprets the term “prospectus” in PTE 77-4 to include a “summary prospectus” if the summary prospectus meets the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s revised disclosure provisions for mutual funds including a summary prospectus rule that were published in 2009 Pursuant to the SEC’s revised disclosure provisions, mutual funds also are required to send the full prospectus to the investor upon an investor’s request, and to provide the full prospectus on-line at a specified internet site. The third requirement is that the independent fiduciary be notified of any changes in the fees and approves in writing the plan’s purchase or sale of affected mutual fund shares, or the plan’s continued possession of any such mutual fund shares that it had acquired before the fee changes.

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Previous ICR	202208-3150-003

Federal Register Notices

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States and Federally recognized Indian Tribes are involved and interested in monitoring the safety status of nuclear power plants and other nuclear production and utilization facilities. This involvement is, in part, in response to the States' and Tribes' public health and safety responsibilities and, in part, in response to their citizens' desire to become more knowledgeable about the safety of nuclear power plants and other nuclear production and utilization facilities. States and Tribes have identified NRC inspections as one possible source of knowledge for their personnel regarding NRC licensee activities, and the NRC, through the policy statement, “Cooperation with States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production or Utilization Facilities” (57 FR 6462; February 25, 1992), has been amenable to accommodating States' and Tribes' needs in this regard. The NRC uses the information collected under this information collection requirement to allow States and Federally recognized Indian Tribes to participate in or observe inspections at NRC-licensed facilities. The types of information collected include written requests identifying specific inspections States and Tribes wish to observe; identification-related information required for site access to NRC-licensed facilities; training and qualifications of State and Tribal personnel participating in inspections; information required to define inspection roles for States and Tribes; and information to coordinate NRC and State and Tribal inspections.

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Previous ICR	202110-1910-009

Federal Register Notices

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This package requests information from the Department of Energy Facilities Management Contractors for contract administration, management oversight and cost control. This information is used to ensure that Department contractors recruit and retain a workforce in accordance with the terms of their contract and in compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements as identified by the contract. Collection is made to Department contractors, not the general public.

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Previous ICR	202212-2700-001

Federal Register Notices

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The NASA Safety Reporting System (NSRS) was established to provide a fast response hazard identification and reporting system, which aids in the elimination of unsafe conditions and the prevention of accidents. In addition, the NSRS serves as a mechanism for elevating problems to selected upper management when standard channels fail. The NSRS is a voluntary, anonymous, and non-punitive supplement to formal safety reporting procedures and is administered by an independent agent, ARES Corporation of McLean Virginia. The only means of reporting to the NSRS is the NSRS report form, which is available to all NASA and contractor employees. During the first year of operation the NSRS handled safety hazard reports pertaining to the Space Shuttle program. Subsequently, the NSRS has been expanded to handle safety hazard reports pertaining to all NASA programs, projects, and operations. The information provided by these reports has resulted in direct changes to NASA policies, procedures, and operations which has significantly reduced NASA's safety risk. Information collected is maintained in accordance with NASA Records Retention Schedule 1441.1, 2017 Edition. This information collection enables NASA Contractors to voluntarily and confidentially report safety concerns or hazards pertaining to any NASA program, project, or operation which has not been resolved through local safety reporting processes. The report is received and processed by an independent agent. No changes to the collection instrument have been made since the collection's previous PRA approval in 2016.

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Previous ICR	202501-1018-004

Federal Register Notices

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The Service issues financial assistance through grants and cooperative agreement awards to commercial organizations, foreign entities, Indian tribal governments, individuals, institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, and state and local governments under the bureau's Assistance Listing (CFDA) programs. The types of assistance provided under Service financial assistance programs include: • Mandatory Formula Grants • Discretionary Project Grants • Discretionary Cooperative Agreements • Use of Property, Facilities, and Equipment Authorities and implementing regulations establish financial assistance program purposes and may specify funding instrument(s), selection criteria, and eligible and ineligible recipients and activities. For competitive programs, the authorities or implementing regulations may establish preferences or ranking factors for the selection of projects. These legal requirements make it essential for an awarding agency to have certain information so that it funds only eligible projects, and, in the case of competitive programs, to select those projects that will result in the greatest return on the Federal investment.

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Previous ICR	202202-1845-001

Federal Register Notices

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This is a request for a reinstatement with change of the current information collection of the FSA Feedback System, OMB Control 1845-0141. On March 10, 2015, the White House issued a Student Aid Bill of Rights. Among the objectives identified was the creation of a centralized complaint system that is now resident and supported via the Federal Student Aid Feedback System. The purpose of the system is to meet the objective: “Create a Responsive Student Feedback System: The Secretary of Education will create a new web site by July 1, 2016, to give students and borrowers a simple and straightforward way to file complaints and provide feedback about federal student loan lenders, servicers, collections agencies, and institutions of higher education. Students and borrowers will be able to ensure that their complaints will be directed to the right party for timely resolution, and the Department of Education will be able to more quickly respond to issues and strengthen its efforts to protect the integrity of the student financial aid programs.”

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Previous ICR	202110-0596-003

Federal Register Notices

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The purpose of CFP is to achieve community benefits through grants to local governments, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit organizations to establish community forests by acquiring and protecting private forest lands. The authorizing language specifies that the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may award grants to eligible entities to acquire private forests that are threatened by conversion to nonforest uses and provide specified public benefits to communities.

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Previous ICR	202411-1405-002

Federal Register Notices

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This collection is necessary for DS to process and issue the photographic identification cards (LEOSA Identification Cards) as specified under 18 U.S.C. § 926C (The Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 (LEOSA), as amended).

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Previous ICR	202601-1405-001

Federal Register Notices

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Implements the HAVANA Act of 2021, in which Congress authorized federal agencies to make payments to affected current employees, former employees, and their dependents (hereinafter, “claimants” or “patients”) for qualifying injuries to the brain.

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Previous ICR	202307-0704-001

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This information collection requirement is necessary to evaluate the eligibility of productions requesting DoD assistance for appropriateness and compliance with DoD policies and for coordination of the units involved to determine whether requested military assets are available.

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Previous ICR	202111-0596-001

Federal Register Notices

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The information collected via STEW_MAP will identify and map all stewardship projects in a given geographic area or city. The information will help natural resource decision makers, land managers, and the stewards themselves understand the extent and distribution of local civic environmental stewardship across the area.

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Previous ICR	202111-0596-006

Federal Register Notices

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The U. S. Caribbean and many other island nations throughout the region suffered catastrophic damage to communities, infrastructure, farms, and forests during September 2017 hurricane events. To better understand the effects of Hurricanes Irma and Maria on agriculture, forestry, and rural communities in the U.S. Caribbean and the internal and external factors that affected their vulnerabilities or resilience, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Forest Service and Caribbean Climate Hub (CCH), request permission to conduct focus groups and in-depth interviews to collect information from farmers, forest owners, and other agriculture and forestry community members about their experiences with, preparations for, responses to, and recovery from these storms. Results from the proposed research will inform natural disaster and disturbance prediction, preparedness, response, and recovery efforts by USDA, Forest Service, and other Federal agencies, as well as related local government, civil society, private sector, and community efforts. In the short term, results from this information collection will be critical in informing ongoing post-hurricane response and recovery efforts by USDA and its partners. In the long term, knowledge generated will contribute to reducing societal costs from disturbance processes, increasing cost-effective management, mitigation, and adaptation efforts, and supporting more resilient communities and economies in the U.S. Caribbean and broader contexts.

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Previous ICR	202209-0572-001

Federal Register Notices

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This information collection contains submissions for 7 CFR part 1786, subpart E, "Discounted Prepayments on RUS Notes in the Event of a Merger of Certain RUS Electric Borrowers", subpart F, "Discounted Prepayments on RUS Electric Loans", and subpart G, "Refinancing and Prepayment of RUS Guaranteed FFB Loans pursuant to Section 306(c) of the RE Act". Subparts E and F allow agency borrowers to prepay RUS loans and subpart G allows refinancing.

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The U.S. Department of Education’s Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) requests clearance for a new data collection activity to support the 84.421F Disability Innovation Fund (DIF) Evidence-Building Support (EBS) project. The purpose of the DIF, as provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117-328), is to support innovative activities aimed at increasing competitive integrated employment (CIE) as defined in section 7 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act) (29 U.S.C. 705(5)) for children, youth, and other individuals with disabilities. RSA is investing a total of $251,934,086 in grant funding to the 27 State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR), other State agencies, Public, Private and Nonprofit Entities, including Indian Tribes and Institutions of Higher Education through the 84.421F DIF program. This request covers the following single primary data collection for the EBS: • Annual interviews with 84.421F DIF project directors In September 2024, RSA awarded five-year cooperative agreements to 27 State VR, other State agencies, Public, Private and Nonprofit Entities, including Indian Tribes and Institutions of Higher Education to implement model demonstration projects. The projects vary across the 27 grants but they share the same purpose, which is to develop, implement, refine, assess, and disseminate innovative or substantially improved strategies or programs geared toward increasing CIE for individuals with disabilities. RSA is conducting evaluation and technical assistance (TA) activities and will report on implementation and evaluation progress across all grantees in Annual Evidence Reports. This report will also document findings that RSA can use to coordinate ongoing activities and communicate with outside agencies and congressional staff. To supplement the existing data sources, RSA will conduct one annual semi-structured interviews with the individual grantee project directors in grant Years 2, 3, 4 and 5 (Calendar Year (CY) 2025 - CY 2029). These interviews will provide valuable qualitative insights into overall project goals, implementation progress, and the barriers and facilitators encountered—information that is not captured through administrative data reporting alone. This richer understanding will help fill critical gaps and will support the development of the Annual Evidence Report, inform evaluations, coordination, and evaluation technical assistance efforts.

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Previous ICR	202204-0572-001

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A borrower's assets provide the security for a Government loan. Selling of assets reduces the security and increases the risk to the Government. RUS Form 369 allows the borrowers to seek agency permission to sell some of its assets.

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Previous ICR	202208-0704-008

Federal Register Notices

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DFARS Part 228 and the related clauses at 252.228 require contractors to submit information concerning data required to enable processing and monitoring of accident reports/insurance claims relating to war hazard losses and other accidents involving aircraft, missiles, or space launch vehicles; and written representation that non-Spanish concerns have obtained the required types of insurance under service or contruction contracts to be performed in Spain by other than Spanish concerns.

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Previous ICR	202208-0704-011

Federal Register Notices

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In accordance with section 862 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-181) contractors performing private security functions are required to establish a process under which contractors are required to report certain security incidents. These contractors must ensure that their personnel performing private security functions comply, reporting incidents in which a weapon is discharged, personnel are attacked or killed, or property is destroyed, or active, lethal countermeasures are employed.